PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new study mapping the Cascadia Subduction Zone is giving scientists clues about the state of the ...
In a region called the Cascadia subduction zone, the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate is sliding (or "subducting") beneath the North American plate — but its edge is stuck. As the plate keeps pushing ...
Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast, with a shaded area encompassing the onshore and offshore areas where seismometers were located. Data from the seismometers ...
The City of Portland is testing its emergency response to a major earthquake.The statewide exercise is called Iron-OR 24, and ...
Washington state emergency management officials noted on social media that, although a 6.0-magnitude earthquake near the ...
No damage was reported. Washington state emergency management officials posted on social media that while it can be scary to ...
LONG BEACH — Some seven years after shelving its last attempt, the City of Long Beach is again showing interest in erecting a ...
Sometime – maybe sometime soon – that pressure will be released. When the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptures, it is likely to create a massive earthquake that will be felt across the Pacific ...
It’s called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a megathrust fault or the meeting of two tectonic plates. The Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the southern Oregon Coast Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. USGS says the ...